SELECT 
  cscart_images.*, 
  cscart_images_links.*, 
  cscart_common_descriptions.description AS alt, 
  cscart_images.image_id AS images_image_id 
FROM 
  cscart_images_links 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_images ON cscart_images_links.image_id = cscart_images.image_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_common_descriptions ON cscart_common_descriptions.object_id = cscart_images.image_id 
  AND cscart_common_descriptions.object_holder = 'images' 
  AND cscart_common_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  cscart_images_links.object_type = 'variant_image' 
  AND cscart_images_links.type = 'V' 
  AND cscart_images_links.object_id IN (
    173628, 173629, 173648, 173649, 173754, 
    173755, 174156, 174157, 174158, 174159, 
    174160, 174161, 174162, 174163, 174164, 
    174165, 174168, 174169, 174170, 174171, 
    174504, 174505, 174506, 174507, 174508, 
    174509, 174602, 174603, 174714, 174715, 
    174930, 174931, 174932, 174933, 175250, 
    175251, 175252, 175253
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_images_links.position, 
  cscart_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00044

Explain
id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra
1 SIMPLE cscart_images_links range object_id object_id 81 38 Using index condition; Using filesort
1 SIMPLE cscart_images eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 toolboxdigitalshop_dev.cscart_images_links.image_id 1
1 SIMPLE cscart_common_descriptions eq_ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 108 toolboxdigitalshop_dev.cscart_images.image_id,const,const 1 Using where